Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A fun weekend project with a Raspberry Pi3, an old media box from a thrift store, and some Python code... This device will copy tracks from an audio CD to MP3 or FLAC files on the microSD card and then can be accessed via network share.

0:00 How it Works
1:37 Ingredients from Old Projects
2:18 Buttons and LEDs
2:36 Backlit LCD Display
2:51 LG Optical Drive
3:13 Python Software Architecture
4:12 Google Gemini AI Coding
4:44 Challenge with Slimline SATA
5:05 Solution - USB Hub
5:29 Weird cable
6:15 Possible Future Directions

Here are some Amazon Affiliate links to the parts I bought:

This power supply was about $10 at time of filming:
amzn.to/4nBlu3V

This slimline SATA to USB connector was about $10:
amzn.to/4oVzzKS

Also got these DC power jacks for $8:
amzn.to/3WIVTLA

Here's the original video from 2019 on the Background music player:
youtube.com/watch?v=MuI2SkKT7K8

And the teardown/exploration of the Profusion device:
youtube.com/watch?v=x64P7KCZ22Y